Background
Reed, Richard John was born on June 18, 1922 in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Amber and Gertrude Helen (Volk) Reed.
Reed, Richard John was born on June 18, 1922 in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Amber and Gertrude Helen (Volk) Reed.
Student, Boston College, 1941. Student, Dartmouth College, 1944. Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1945.
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology, 1949.
Research staff member Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950-1954. Assistant professor department atmospheric science University Washington, Seattle, 1954-1958, associate professor, 1958-1963, professor, 1963-1991, professor emeritus, from 1991. Consultant United States Weather Service, Suitland, Maryland, 1961-1962, European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, England, 1985-1986.
Executive scientist National Research Council, Washington, 1968-1969. Trustee University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1987-1992.
Meteorology in Science in Contemporary China 1980. Editor Journal of Applied Meteorology 1966-1968. Numerous scientific papers.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society (president 1972, Meisinger award 1964, Second Half Century award 1972, Charles Franklin Brooks award 1983, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research medal 1989, honorary member 1999), Royal Meteorological Society (honorary member 2000), American Geophysical Union. Member National Academy of Sciences.
Gardening, cultural events.
Married Joan Murray, June 10, 1950. Children: Ralph Murray, Richard Cobden, Elizabeth Annual.